Winter: Chapter 1 COMPLETED

Okay, so it's not entirely finished (need to rewrite one paragraph), but it's good enough for now. It's 9 pages, but I think it's good despite its brevity. I've already gotten a good start on Chapter 2, and will be writing more on it tomorrow.

A New Post

Still looking for a name for the Thief character (note: this is for Winter, not The East- This is not referring to Dante) I want something semi-normal. I'm probably going to skip a tad in Chapter 1 and move onto chapters 2 and 3. I'm trying to break my normal patterns as much as possible, writing the high-points and then filling in the rest could help me with a new style. Though, I'll likely only skip a little at a time before filling in.

New Story Idea: Dystopian future, something similar to Combine Occupied earth in Half Life 2. Oppressive policing controls public. Police very bad, but not absolutely unmerciful. Big Twist: Government purposely oppressive to make citizens band together, reducing crime. You do not steal from or murder your comrades when busy fighting Big Brother.

Winter Writer's Block

So my train of awesome got de-railed. This was caused by a sudden dissatisfaction with one of the characters. To combat this, I have come to ask you (now that I have followers) for help. I need a name for a Thief Character. His alignment is Chaotic-Neutral and he's got a serious disposition.
Just shoot off any names you have, They'll fill in the rest of the character when I see them.

TTFN

Ultra Beatdown Recant

With this entry I would like to recant my previous criticism of DragonForce's "Ultra Beatdown" Album. I was hasty in my judgement and have discovered that I am not good at liking music on my first time listening. Upon further consideration and re-listening to parts of it I have grown to like it.
It is indeed a slightly different style and it lacks "meh" tracks (not bad tracks, they just don't have the same quantities of mind-blowing awesomeness, though they are still very good - "Storming of the Burning Fields", "Revolution DeathSquad" et cetera...) Most (if not all) of its songs fit into the "Epic War" category and as I listen to it now I find its songs much easier to understand than previously and its rhymes and rhythms fit much better than I previously thought.
I also just watched a bunch of videos on DragonForce's Youtube channel. Their stage-antics are absolutely hilarious. Also, I noticed that they took down the "Through the Fire and the Flames" music video (likely because it was laughable at best) and I was pleasantly surprised by "Heroes of our Time"'s video. I noticed that rather than cutting the solos for time, they cut the song down to just a bit of the intro, the first verse, chorus and then left in all (or most) of the solos and "epic verse" at the end. Also the bright setting was interesting.

I bet you were expecting something special for post 100, eh?

Winter Status Update

Winter is coming along better than I could ever have hoped. The only thing restricting its growth is my lack of will to sit down and get something done (though I suspect that school will give me the time I need to write)

I'm writing it in Gedit (Ubuntu's Notepad) so I don't know how long it is so far, but I suspect 10-ish pages (though I could easily be horribly wrong). Ideas have knit themselves together before my eyes and I need only to put them to words.

I wrote a sextet to go at the beginning of the story:

Frozen lands are better than none,
And nothing's worth the world undone.
But even with greater disaster averted,
All thoughts of hope have been deserted.
For Time makes all the towers cinder,
And the most noble acts are ill-remembered.

It may go through further editing though.

To remember:
Eriavator - Wish

Character Evolution: Merrich 001

I am currently something like 2/3s of the way through Chapter I of Winter. The lead character, Merrich bel Caste has already undergone some evolution (some of which is rather unwanted)

Originally, he was to be a very average adventurer. Determined, somewhat rough, but with a solid goal in mind. Currently, though, he has come across simply as a more mature version of Uruz (id est quiet and polite, but less skittish than Uruz). This partially comes through in a scene where Merrich panics going back to where he is staying during the night (when wolves hunt anything outside). I tried to relate that feeling that you have as a child where a small fear becomes greater and greater the more you think about it, like getting up to go to the bathroom at night. On the way back, you always make yourself think something's chasing you and by the time you get to your room, you're running as fast as you can.
I'll remedy this feeling of fearfullness by exhibiting bravery in coming scenes and explaining that he has an extra reason to fear the wolves that stalk through Enic's streets at night.